Explain and illustrate Plato’s distinction between a “knack” and a “craft.”
1.Explain why Ryle believes there is a fundamental difference between "knowing
how " and "knowing that " using an example.
2. Explain and illustrate Plato’s distinction between a “knack” and a “craft.”
3. Calicles claims that “the superior should take by force what belongs to the
inferior, that the better should rule the worse and the more worthy have a greater share
than the less worthy….” What is Socrates’s argument that the “superior” should not do
this? Be sure to state Socrates’s position and formulate at least one of his arguments.
inferior, that the better should rule the worse and the more worthy have a greater share
than the less worthy….” What is Socrates’s argument that the “superior” should not do
this? Be sure to state Socrates’s position and formulate at least one of his arguments.
4. How might philosophy make a person just according to Plato? Why is philosophy
insufficient according to Aristotle?
insufficient according to Aristotle?
5. State “experientialism” about what makes someone’s life go better. In light of
James’s discussion of “flow,” give reasons why Nozick’s experience machine does or does
not present a successful counter-example to this view.
James’s discussion of “flow,” give reasons why Nozick’s experience machine does or does
not present a successful counter-example to this view.
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